| MD | SB342 | Pass | Excluding the cash value of any qualified retirement savings plans or individual retirement accounts from the definition of "assets" for purposes of certain property tax relief provided to certain renters; and applying the Act to all taxable years be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-16
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 899 |
| MD | SB896 | Pass | Establishing the Baltimore Convention and Tourism Redevelopment and Operating Authority Task Force to study and make recommendations concerning the membership, purpose, and function of an entity or strategy to govern the renovation, revitalization, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 635 |
| MD | SB633 | Pass | Authorizing an operator or a manager of a self-service storage facility to advertise in a newspaper, by electronic mail, or on a website the sale of the personal property in a self-service storage unit to satisfy a certain lien without the occupant's...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 629 |
| MD | SB258 | Pass | Altering the State's goals for reducing energy consumption in State buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain greenhouse gas emissions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 423 |
| MD | SB879 | Pass | Repealing a restriction on the harvesting of shellfish between the hours of sunset and sunrise from certain areas leased for aquaculture; and requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish by regulation the hours for harvesting shellfish ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-05-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 551 |
| MD | SB15 | Pass | Altering procedures for the dispute settlement mechanism under the Maryland Cooperative Housing Corporation Act and applying the mechanism to any complaint or demand formally arising on or after October 1, 2023, with a certain exception.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 255 |
| MD | SB162 | Pass | Limiting a tenant's liability for rent under a residential lease to not more than 2 months' rent after the date on which the tenant vacates a leased premises if a physician or psychologist completes a form specifying that the tenant has a mental diso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 289 |
| MD | SB19 | Pass | Requiring the District Court to shield all court records within 60 days after the final resolution of a failure to pay rent proceeding that did not result in a judgment of possession; authorizing the District Court, on motion of a tenant, to shield a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 347 |
| MD | SB147 | Pass | Altering the information relating to the Access to Counsel in Eviction Program required to be reported by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation each year to include the number of cases in which an individual was provided legal representation, the a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 313 |
| MD | SB354 | Pass | Establishing the Rent Court Workforce Solutions Pilot Program in Montgomery County and Prince George's County to provide defendant tenants in failure to pay rent cases with workforce resources and information on workforce development, registered appr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 295 |
| MD | SB370 | Pass | Establishing the Rental Assistance for Community School Families Program to provide rental assistance to eligible student households; requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the State Department of Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 210 |
| MD | SB413 | Pass | Prohibiting discrimination based on military status with regard to housing and employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 323 |
| MD | SB171 | Pass | Adding gas and electric utility services to the types of services for which landlords of buildings that contain six or more units are required to provide a written notice to a tenant, at the initiation of a lease and each term thereafter, providing t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-25
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 226 |
| MD | SB301 | Pass | Extending to June 30, 2027, the authorization of a leaseholder of certain aquaculture leases to, with prior written approval from the Department of Natural Resources, place shellfish, bags, nets, and structures on submerged aquatic vegetation, subjec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-09
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 113 |
| MD | SB1027 | Engross
Sine Die | Defining "taxpayer" for purposes of certain provisions of law concerning property tax appeals to mean a person with an ownership interest or a leasehold interest in a property that is subject to an appeal; and applying the Act retroactively to affect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08
Third Reading Passed (101-34) |
| MD | SB689 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing certain requirements relating to the installation of certain fire safety equipment in residential rental high-rise buildings and certain other property; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Rules and Executive Nominations Committee |
| MD | SB810 | Engross
Sine Die | Exempting a lease of county property for a term of 5 years or less made by Dorchester County from certain notice requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To House Environment and Transportation Committee |
| MD | SB1167 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a landlord to offer the payment of a fee in lieu of a security deposit in a residential lease subject to certain requirements; requiring a landlord to purchase certain insurance coverage using a fee in lieu of a security deposit; establis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-21
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB892 | Engross
Sine Die | Establishing the Public Charter School Facility Fund to provide funding on an annual basis to public charter schools in the State for eligible expenses associated with school facilities; exempting the Fund from a requirement that interest earnings on...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
To House Appropriations Committee |
| MD | SB16 | Engross
Sine Die | Applying certain campaign finance requirements for a political committee to draft committees and exploratory committees; establishing requirements and prohibitions for draft and exploratory committees relating to the establishment of the committees, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
To House Ways and Means Committee |
| MD | SB725 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a residential lease to include a requirement that a tenant hold a renter's insurance policy; prohibiting a lease from containing certain requirements regarding a renter's insurance policy; and requiring a landlord to acquire a renter's insu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB1070 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority to be the Passages of the Western Potomac Heritage Area Authority; altering and repealing certain duties and powers of the Authority; establishing the Canal Place Preservation and Develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB635 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the number of years of criminal history, from 7 years to 3 years, that are reviewed in a certain reusable tenant screening report; establishing certain prohibitions and limitations on the review and consideration of a prospective tenant's cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB644 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a county to adopt by local law or ordinance provisions prohibiting a landlord of residential property from failing to renew a lease or from terminating a holdover tenancy without just cause; and establishing certain requirements for a loc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB1146 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a written lease for certain residential or commercial real property in Howard County to include information on the annual charge assessed by the Columbia Association and a description of certain rights and privileges under certain circumsta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10
To Senate Rules Committee |
| MD | SB885 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the limitation on the liability of a tenant for rent due under a lease due to the tenant's inability to live at the leased premises because of a medical condition to include individuals who will be under the care of a medical professional, p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB992 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a landlord to provide certain notice to a tenant when a court has issued a warrant of restitution for a failure of a tenant to pay rent, a breach of lease, or a tenant holding over under certain circumstances; establishing certain procedure...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB901 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the notice requirement for a leasehold tenant to apply to redeem a ground lease to require that a tenant must provide notice only to ground lease holders who have registered a ground lease in accordance with certain law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB946 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a landlord that offers a residential dwelling unit for rent is deemed to warrant the dwelling fit for human habitation; clarifying that certain mold hazards constitute dangerous conditions and defects for which a tenant may obtain r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB914 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting discrimination based on an individual's refusal to undergo a genetic procedure in education, public accommodations, commercial leasing, housing, and employment and by certain licensed or regulated persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB481 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing maximum surcharges for certain eviction proceedings from $8 to $93 and prohibiting the District Court from assigning the surcharge against a tenant; altering the priority and criteria in the Statewide Rental Assistance Voucher Program that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB857 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the contents and authorized uses of the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Trail Fund; establishing the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Recreation Oversight Board to advise the Secretary of Natural Resources on certain matters and review and ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB779 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to set a special property tax rate for improved residential property cited as vacant and unfit for habitation or other authorized use; establishing a subclass ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB773 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the governing documents of a homeowners association from restricting or prohibiting the leasing of property to an individual who is not the lot owner for a period of 6 months or more.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB787 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "hotel" for purposes of the hotel rental tax in Garrett County to include a transient vacation rental unit and exclude certain facilities; altering the definition of "transient charge" for purposes of the county hotel renta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB392 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding any property interest in agricultural land in the State; and requiring the Attorney General to enforce the Act in a certain manner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee |
| MD | SB369 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the owner of real property that is exempt from real property tax under certain provisions of law to report any rental income that is attributable to the property to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation under certain circumstance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
| MD | SB343 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "gross income" to exclude certain public assistance received in a cash grant for purposes of the renters' property tax relief program and the homeowners' property tax credit program; increasing the combined gross income lim...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-13
To Senate Budget and Taxation Committee |
